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jane fae @janefae.bsky.social · 2d

Some thoughts on Zach Polanski turning out to be rather good at this politics lark.

1. By raising issues like wealth tax, and Brexit, he has not so much shifted the Overton Window, as re-opened the awkward loo window that over-looked the garden, but has been rusted shut for the last decade

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Euan @euan.bsky.social · 1d

wait sorry is this the equivalent to having an Advanced Higher in English?!!

The Independent @the-independent.com · 2d

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

www.independent.co.uk

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Michael @gillymg.bsky.social · 1d

Good question. They are clueless about anything north of Watford.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 1d

Israel has destroyed the "ceasefire" in hours.

It is murdering Palestinians, and maintaining its illegal siege.

Not a ceasefire.

New post 👇

www.owenjones.news/p/israel-des...

Israel destroys ceasefire in hours

Today, Israel slaughtered Palestinians and resumed siege. Not a "ceasefire"

www.owenjones.news

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 2d

MI5 head Sir David McCallum issued a stern warning Monday 13 October. New advice from the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) said politicians and staff should be wary of foreign interference in democracy. We have two words for McCallum: Morgan McSweeney.

If MI5 are worried about threats to democracy, they should start with Morgan McSweeney

Never mind Russia, China, and Iran. We have a real enemy within that hijacked a general election and tried to kill the free press: McSweeney.

www.thecanary.co

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Join us in being cheerful!

Let's make hope normal again!

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 2d

"You need to be unapologetic, someone who gets the modern media environment and social media, and is a competent speaker - all of which Polanski is."

Why Zack Polanski is one of the only UK politicians with a reason to be cheerful right now

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/zack...

Zack Polanski: Can the Green Party leader ‘rebalance the scales’ of UK politics? | The News Agents

In little more than a month of leadership, Zack Polanski has grown the party’s membership and become a powerful figure on the left-wing of UK politics. Can he, and the Green Party, take this further…

www.thenewsagents.co.uk

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Michael @gillymg.bsky.social · 2d

Like spend,spend, spend, scrap the full funding rule so the bond markets don’t ’spook’ and start investing. Double all council budgets as a start, with consequentials given to devolved parliaments for their councils. Make a difference locally, start there. www.newstatesman.com/politics/eco...

Why the British state is a magic money tree

Government spending power is limited not by tax revenues or borrowing, but by the productive capacity of the UK economy and political will.

www.newstatesman.com

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Michael @gillymg.bsky.social · 2d

Insane, right-wing bollocks.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

I find this very touching…& also worrying. Historian @timothysnyder.bsky.social has been an absolutely essential guide to this era. And if he thinks I’m right then we’re in more trouble than we realise

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

Carole Cadwalladr was right and we’d be in a better world if more people had listened.

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 18d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Chris Guiton @chrisguiton.bsky.social · 3d

Labour's existential crisis will only deepen with the publication of The Fraud.

Which begs the question: at what point will the corporate interests that Starmer represents conclude that the risks of retaining him outweigh the risks of defenestrating him?

www.declassifieduk.org/how-keir-sta...

How Keir Starmer conned the British electorate

Book review: ‘The Fraud’ offers the most damning portrayal yet of the Starmer project.

www.declassifieduk.org

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 2d

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

That New York Times story lots of people are sharing today about Farage's ties to US anti-abortion groups was first reported by @mc00.bsky.social on Byline Times a year ago bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 3d

This goes even higher up. Forget Medvedchuk. Forget Medvedev

According to former Brexit Party MEP and defected Reform MP Rupert Lowe, the individuals at Gill's meetings claimed to be "close to Putin"

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 4d

I'm sure BBC investigative documentary strand Panorama is even now working on an incisive exposé of Reform's financial links to Russia and it's just that they haven't announced it publicly yet

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 3d

Top spies

Voloshin Sass arranged for AfD politicians to travel to "BRICS International Forum" and establishing contacts with Russian politicians under sanctions, including Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's former president and chairman of the United Russia party

regionalheute.de/krah-traf-vo...

Krah traf "Voice of Europe"-Strippenzieher in Russland

Der in Spionageskandale verstrickte AfD-Politiker Maximilian Krah hat Mitte November im russischen Sotschi mit Oleg Voloshin und Nadia Sass zentrale Strippenzieher aus dem Umfeld des Desinformationsne...

regionalheute.de

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 3d

Putin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With It – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 3d

Labour spads looking at the massive increase in support for the Greens, "obviously this means we need to be even more like Reform".

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Green party reaches 100,000 members for first time after Polanski becomes leader

Green party in England and Wales has had near-50% rise in membership since since Zack Polanski took over last month

www.theguardian.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Family says failure to assess man’s mental health led to his death on Bibby Stockholm

Leonard Farruku was unwell and should not have been moved to barge where he took his own life, say sisters The family of an asylum seeker who died on the Bibby Stockholm believe he would still be alive today had he been properly assessed and treated before being placed on the barge. Leonard Farruku, 27, died in the bathroom of his shared cabin onboard the barge on 12 December 2023, weeks after being moved there after the previous government began using the Bibby Stockholm to house asylum seekers. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 3d

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Michael @gillymg.bsky.social · 3d

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 3d

A BBC reporter ends his piece about the China spy trial collapse with the words "this story won't go away"
In contrast, the BBC newshounds have lost their sense of smell about Nathan Gill accepting Russian bribes.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 4d

Release the Epstein files. All of them. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email

Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010

www.theguardian.com

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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 4d

Are Labour really going to try and tie current economic damage (and hence the need for further tax rises) to Farage and to Brexit, whilst at the same time insisting that persevering with Brexit is the right thing to do?

That feels like gaslighting of the very highest order.

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